John A. Gillis Diaries, 1861-1868.

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John A. Gillis Diaries, 1861-1868.

Diaries give an account of various Civil War campaigns; life in the camps; political opinions; slavery; Southern prisons and hospitals; the assassination of President Lincoln; the presidency of Andrew Johnson; and incidents in his personal life in Bucyrus.

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Andrew Johnson (b. December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina-d. July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tennessee) became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He began his political career in Greenville, Tennessee in 1828. At the time of this letter he was the Democratic senator from Tennessee. Emerson Etheridge was born in Carrituck County, North Carolina. As a representative of Tennes...

United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 64th (1861-1865)

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Gillis, John A., (1840- )

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Bucyrus, Ohio native served in the Civil War with the 64th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. K, participated in the battles of Shiloh, Franklin and Nashville. He was wounded in the hip at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. From the description of John A. Gillis Diaries, 1861-1868. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 54783905 ...